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This book features 40 projects by international designers. Almost all of the establishments featured measure less than 150 square meters and challenged the designers to create a big effect with very little space.

Office cafe seeks to bring together investors and entrepreneurs

It’s a cafe, but it’s not much interested in serving quality coffee. Besides, people who come here don’t care about the drinks.

Foreign fans of ‘red’ songs sing their hearts out

Mark Levine, a 63-year-old US professor at Minzu University of China, is an American country music fan. It might make this next part sound strange: he also has an avid interest in Chinese revolutionary – or “red” –songs.

Nobel laureate helps celebrate Spanish Language Day

Hundreds of local fans of Spain joined the Spanish over the weekend to celebrate Spanish Language Day at the Institute of Cervantes in Beijing as part of a global campaign to promote the language worldwide.

Israel’s ‘Madame Curie’ shares Nobel experience with Chinese students

Representing the height of Israeli science, Ada Yonath, winner of the 2009 Nobel Prize in chemistry, was invited to China last week for a lecture tour in cities including Beijing, Tianjin and Fuzhou.

Chinese moms want to give birth on US soil

Pregnant Chinese mothers boarding planes to the US to give birth have recently come to the attention of the American media.

Guangdong to clone entire Austrian town

Impressed by its idyllic landscape, a Chinese company in Guangdong is planning to clone the Austrian mountain town of Hallstatt, a UNESCO World Heritage site that’s home to 800 people.

Yum! hungers for mutton – KFC’s parent prepares for buyout of Little Sheep hotpot

Despite mock names like Kentucky Fried Sheep and Mutton Hut, Yum! Brands is serious about acquiring the hotpot chain Little Sheep.

Bosideng to woo European consumers

Bosideng, the country’s largest down apparel maker, recently purchased a $32.5-million (210 million yuan) property in London with plans to set up a flagship shop.

Waiting game – Professional queuers may mark end of scalping

Time is money, and businessmen know it: an emerging business of paotui, paid professional queuers, has spread recently, helping people save time from waiting in lines. Many believe the business will also put an end to the notorious huangniu, China’s professional scalpers.